Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They serve as a valuable corrective to approaches of the kind that a behaviourist view might encourage , approaches which impose conformity on learners , reduce the scope of their participation as persons , and deny them the exercise of individual initiative in the learning process . |
| 2 | ‘ Bring me the head of the crocodile , Roger . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Lord , make me the instrument of Thy peace . |
| 4 | Give me the leave to make the best of my fortune and only pardon me the abuse of your house . |
| 5 | As the returns normally distinguish them the wealth of the gentry can be surveyed more generally , as shown in Table 1.3 . |
| 6 | Be a pal , Kate , and slip me the copy of Gay News you hide under your desk because I do n't allow it in the library , talk about work , Kate , discuss how we spend £5000 on economics books for the university libraries , tell me about how you 're stopping the students thieving my favourite art books , but please for God 's sake , Kate , do n't be difficult , do n't talk about imperialism and marxism and feminism , I 've heard it all before and said it all myself , twenty years ago before I had a wife and children to support . |
| 7 | highways and that sort of thing , and he does go to Farnsfield , and he does go to Oxford and back , and really all you need do is just send him , you need n't send him the minutes here , you just send him the notice of the meeting |
| 8 | Erm you know , five years hence , we do n't want it in five years hence , we want it the end of this year , early next year . |
| 9 | It is this sense of identification that gives hope to the newcomers that others will understand their fears and actions and show them the route to recovery . |
| 10 | Show me the doll in the chair ’ and , ‘ The spoon goes in the cup . |
| 11 | ‘ Bardolet 's co-driver made a timing error on the last rally which dropped them from first to fourth and that cost them the lead in the championship , ’ explains Meeke . |
| 12 | ‘ It also cost me the life of my head groom , Davis , who was drowned trying to rescue the horse , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Show you the value of your activities , because what we 'll actually show you , and this is where it really comes into its own . |
| 14 | Many mortgages have costly redemption fees — which usually cost you the equivalent of one to three months ' mortgage payments . |
| 15 | But he was a kind man and took the trouble to sit with her and show her the hope in the Bible , the comfort and joy as well as the gloom . |
| 16 | This stimulates the male to lead her to his nest and show her the entrance by pointing his snout into it . |
| 17 | Our table felt it was worth £20 of tickets for a woman to put her hand up and show him the error of his ways , but we 'd already forked out enough , honest . |
| 18 | Show him the location of the toilets , dayroom etc . |
| 19 | ‘ Now then , our Emily , get your skates on and show him the lie of the land . |
| 20 | ‘ That will get stolen , ’ the minister of health exclaims when I show him the picture of the pressure cooker that is meant to be used as a steriliser in the dispensaries . |
| 21 | A series of injuries slowed his progress but ultimately , it was attitude that cost him the chance of blossoming into a great player . |
| 22 | The attack was motivated by Motoshima 's observation that the late Emperor Showa ( in life known as Hirohito ) bore some responsibility for the Pacific war , a comment which also cost him the support of the LDP [ see p. 37186 ] . |
| 23 | Advent signals values : that God loved us so much that he was willing to enter upon an adventure that cost him the death of his Son . |
| 24 | And if you show it the sweep of a gravel drive framed by cypresses and a manicured lawn , it will usher you elegantly to the ball . |
| 25 | Please show us the path to the warm place , and the warm forest , show us the path to the light which is green , and the leaf that hides the bird . |
| 26 | Please show us the path to the warm place , and the warm forest , show us the path to the light which is green , and the leaf that hides the bird . |
| 27 | " God be merciful to us , " he said , " and bless us : and show us the light of His countenance . " |
| 28 | I declare she 'll outshine every woman in London and make you the envy of every man who meets her . |
| 29 | Help those who seek to communicate the gospel , in words , in pictures , in books , on radio , television and films ; give them the help of your Holy Spirit , so that they may convey the message of hope and new life to the hearts and the minds of those who hear , who read , who watch . |
| 30 | When they arrive give them the name of an animal and ask them to make the noise the animal makes to find similar animals . |